Halakhah for Yevamot 10:6

אשכחן דאתי עשה ודחי לא תעשה גרידא לא תעשה שיש בו כרת היכא אשכחן דדחי דאיצטריך עליה למיסרה

still required [for the deduction that 'mingled stuff'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of wool and flax. ');">²⁰</span> is not forbidden] unless it was hackled, spun and twisted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An etymological explanation of, or a play upon, the words 'mingled stuff' [H], in Deut. XXII, 11. [H] is assumed to be an abbreviation of [H]. ');">²¹</span> — But [the fact is that] all this is deduced from the expression of 'mingled stuff'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The use of the peculiar expression, [H], and not the usual [H], implies both (a) the deduction mentioned, (v. previous note) and (b) the deduction that a positive precept supersedes a prohibition (v. supra p. 10, n. 13). ');">²²</span> So far it has been shewn that a positive precept supersedes a mere prohibition;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. 3b end and p. 10, n. 7. ');">²³</span>

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